Milk
and newspapers are now being sold at Bernaville Nursery — thank you Tony.

September 2012:

The petrol
station at the bottom of the lane has shut, so I search elsewhere for milk
and newspapers.

June 2012:

My electricity company is paying me for electricity.

March 2012:

The government
has lost a bid to appeal to the UK's highest court over its plans to cut
subsidies for solar panels on homes.

January 2012:

Three Appeal
Court judges deem FIT decision "legally
flawed". Government to appeal to the Supreme Court, may take eight months
for a decision...

January 2012:

The pub at the
bottom of the lane has not re-opened after Christmas.

December 2011:

High Court
judge deems FIT decision "legally
flawed". Government to appeal. In addition, plans to require homes to meet
a C-rated energy efficiency standard before they can receive subsidies will
limit access to wealthier households and could have a "fatal impact" on the
industry. Eighty six per cent of homes would need to be better insulated
before they could qualify for the scheme...

November 2011:

So I got interested
in Solar PV, had until April 2012 for good feed-in tariff. The day before
I was to have signed up, the government halved the feed-in tariff unless
installed by December 12th. Government consultation period ends December
23rd. Not much consultation going on here. LOL

Congratulations
to Ginney and Rob — a son, Dylan Robert Moran, 8lb 9½ ounces.
Mother and baby are doing well and he has a great pair of lungs — we could
hear them all the way from Ann Arbor.

May 2009:

My fine (nay,
top ten) university has asked me if I would like to take early retirement
on 30th June 2010 — without penalty. I have accepted. As I am now a valued
member of staff, I will be replaced — but not until 1st August.

September 2007:

I have received
a 3% pay rise and am taking home £20 less per annum. Please explain...

August 2007:

Praise Be. I
have accepted a job at my wonderful top 20 university. I am no longer downgraded.
I am now an Advanced Systems Developer in Information and Computing Systems
Division which is part of Academic Services.

November 2006:

I guess you
could say that being downgraded (as a Computing Development Officer (Web
Support) in Information Services) after 34 years loyal service at my fine
university hasn't helped my demeanour. My post will not exist after July
2007.

Random thought for the day:Potential: Not everyone gets to be an astronaut when they grow up. (www.despair.com)